The Skin Im In Research Paper

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How far would you go just to fit in with others? Would you go buy expensive shoes or clothes? As of today people would go way beyond their budget just to buy the expensive things others have. Based on how you carry yourself you always have to make a good first impression. People may think just because you're wearing non-expensive clothes that you may not fit in. People would buy the clothes that others have just to fit in but they don’t like the clothes. People would go out of the way. Our status more times than not, is defined by what we look like, how we dress, and where we come from. On the other hand,status represents itself in many ways. Especially in the novel The Skin I’m in by Sharon G Flake. In this novel status plays a major role

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